Israel to demolish West Bank home of Palestinian attacker

Israeli forces are set to demolish the West Bank home of a Palestinian who killed an Israeli settler in Jerusalem's Old City before being shot dead on Sunday.

Abdul Rahmani Faddal, 28, stabbed Adiel Kolman in the torso on Sunday evening before being shot dead by Israeli police.

Kolman, 32, a father of four from Kokhav Hashahar settlement, died of his wounds a few hours later in a Jerusalem hospital.

"Following the stabbing attack yesterday in Jerusalem in which Adiel Kolman was killed, troops... surveyed the terrorist's house in Aqraba before demolition," the Israeli army said. 

"In addition, the terrorist's family members were questioned."

Punitive house demolitions are considered as collective punishment under international law and have long been decried by human rights organisations.

The incident came days after a Palestinian killed two Israeli soldiers and badly wounded two others when he rammed his car into them in the West Bank.

Tensions in the occupied Palestinian territories were high after Hamas called for a day of rage on Friday to mark 100 days since US President Donald Trump's controversial recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

At least 31 Palestinians and four Israelis have been killed since Trump's announcement, which set off major protests in Gaza, the West Bank and across the world.

In Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem, Israeli extremists punctured tyres on Palestinian cars and scrawled religious and racist graffiti on vehicles and homes, Israeli police said on Monday.

Images released by the police showed slogans including "there's no room in Israel for foreigners and enemies of God" and "the Arabs of Jerusalem are terrorists who should be expelled or killed".

The incident, near the Pisgat Zeev settlement neighbourhood, was being investigated, police said.